Holidays and CelebrationsCity DaysMaslenitsaHistory and Major WarsAncient Russia800-1200VikingsCollections of citiesVarangian leader Rurik took the city of NovogorodOleg succeeded Rurik and expanded to KievVladimir I chose Greek Orthodoxy to ally with the West The Mongols and Moscow1237-1613Batu Khan and the mongols invaded and destroyed most of the major cities over three yearsMoscow's importance as the spiritual center growsPolish invade RussiaRomanov dynasty takes the throne through unanimous electionPeter the Great,Catherine the Great and Napoleon

Peter the Greatbanned Muscovite dress for menintroduced military conscriptionestablished technical schoolsestablished himself as head of the churchsimplified the alphabetCreated St. PetersburghCatherine the Greatcontinued reforms increased Russian affairs in Europefounded academies, journals and librariesNapoleon fatal invasion of Russia500,000 men started and 10,000 survived Russian RevolutionRussian expansionTsar Nicholas IIRusso-Japanese WarBolsheviks and Mensheviks form World War 1Civil WarBolsheviks v KerenskyBolsheviks emerged in 1920Soviet EraLenin's New Economic Policy Joseph StalinWorld War IINon-aggression pact with GermanyJune 1941 German InvasionDeath of Stalin; Nikita KhruschevPoverty and economic turmoilMikhail Gorbachev becomes leader1990 started the unravel of the Soviet UnionCommonwealth of Independent StatesCold War with the US1947-1991KoreaVietnamSpace RaceNuclear PowerCuban Missile CrisisRussia NowEconomy grew and poverty declinedJoined the World Trade Organization in 20122014- Russian-Ukraine CrisisPolitical PartiesUnited RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian Federation Political Party LDPRA Just RussiaFolk MusicRoots from the Slavic TribeDancing and colorful clothingModern FolkBards(USSR)Important ElementsMusicDecember-February- Winter

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January 1st-5th-New YearsJanuary 7th- ChristmasFebruary February 23rd- Defender of the Motherland DayMarchMarch 8th- International Women's DayMayMay 1st- Spring and Labor Celebration May 9th- Victory DayJune June 12th- Russia DayNovember November 4th- Civil Unity DayThere are over 35 different official languages. Famous PeopleDedman Travel Agency Presents: